PW

Historical Examples of pw

• But a race also is a pw, and so, singularly enough, is an examination or a Durbar.

  A Civil Servant in Burma

  Herbert Thirkel White

• At this the company was much frightened, excepting the card-players, who said ‘Pw!’

  British Goblins

  Wirt Sikes

• Pw is one of the hardest worked of Burmese words, and represents perhaps the most characteristic feature of the country.

  A Civil Servant in Burma

  Herbert Thirkel White

• Their next meeting was at a pw in Mandalay, on a memorable night in 1897, long after the Myowun had been allowed to return.

  A Civil Servant in Burma

  Herbert Thirkel White

• A graceful little pandal had been erected wherein I was invited to witness a pw before beginning work.

  A Civil Servant in Burma

  Herbert Thirkel White